The Sun. — London, England, 1808-11-29 00:00:00

CURACOA. . , PRIVATE LETTER, DATED SEPT. 8 , 1808. h ave ln.co usequence of-the-lat e h a ppy changes W hid; ti b"en etfeCt e d i n ' t h e pu ll tics of AfieSpaniards, Col ony is -likely' •to be restored to its former g c P l it Ve-erninehce. Had 'not . SirJAmEs COCK- Ft the glori ous opportun i ty:as h e did, the ed "c" IA-luelice would .probablY 'have pre,!oininat 6. R ut' H. front his fi rst assumption of this tv,rtitnetit left no measure untried that was like the luktl 'lni • ings olotir 'neighbours on the 1 . To ;his may be-justly arribute'cl the 414 '11 he e xp er i enc e d in the removal of the ,rriculties to- our pt'esent friendly intercourse: By e., 41h '"at"ig a pie-dispositiOn. in our faiour, the Spa -I'l ,e more readily embraced his overtures, the of -he - had eStabli,hecl, as it were, by d ! 1 p' t '". So rateful 'ire the iVlerchints and• in at )4l ' i t:tnt, of the Is'iaud to H. E, tor th e liber a l an d ,interested itices which he has made of ' his Pt.rso ii.tere4 re,toreits runner conigiterCe, and om o e its.generdi weifare, that they have una -11,141°114'1Y come torward - , with an atfectionaie 'l2l—Address, which ha- been aCcolnpinied .vv.th the hand' .j ars 'onh• and munificent present of 6000 dot ltts''• short,":been asindehitigable in exe.: i ions as he ha's proved successful iii his en all ue avour . -, to re:,derit des'ervediy popular-with C a A. corrspoi,dlnce bet Ween pt..Gelieriti the (.:aracca..4, towhoim:he has• to t;i'esiol•• w slrc jY • a s sistance au t protection !in his. priiver tr os cons.antly ke, up; and the most amicS -IwC9fittnunicat ons are perpetua;ly Interchanged be tiir e are Z•tri thew. W ail : :i•trix.i,iy and impai 'epee • arriVat of th e ratificatioki;tiom Europ e an ' O " Which is likely to produce such.' beneficial ad- r;‘'" l4( gi•-s . .to both countrie s '. The Spaniards receive erun the Milli with ever . ) , ntark.ct distintaioni. and tvl l p eLt They bail us as friends and deliverers, they exe::rate and abominate tire — Freit - ch as trersectß. ors and oppressimi. • They have even qh;:i s pg- 114- Aefl e ofrilitir Ves; - els, and have offered every :iC i g"lty and insult to the Great Nation that , tht genutts , could sugge.st• ' . . 2Cuba is said to have decided : in our favour, and to " invited a Bi i ii sh -.force to take it, fur the pre 7 den t' rlte unde r its protection. Brig, Cipt,'Dtcxol4s, arrived here from C'''` u ca, on Tuesday last, to relieve the Tweed; fetaid SYstoNDs, vjhicirAaileci the next r o - r - e . DLGBY, touched here about a L a ' L n ,'ght ago, and 'sailed a few days- afterwards for a rr Ttie Ghe ru b s l oop; C apt. RAvEsrmiw, i ca l e-i here yesterd a y from S. Thomas, to which she will return next week. ~e er . e d rench. hat. e already fitted out several' Priva 361;sti a 4a.ihst the Spanish. Trade; aid these sees are .4„ with them, which will ren- • 4b ctssary an additional number of British An attack, indeed, on thiS i s l an d i s. b y no f e j i , , ns in)Probkie, if • the enemy meditate any at- Alidt :iion th e M ain, to which this is the key.-- Q t it ie' tit d Very res pecta bl e state of defence, the r::or having visited, all the out-ports-, and Vt . ' ,e t i gthetied as were supposed .t o h e t h e . 6s t , vtillierabk. W e look for another regiment to ,einfiace the garrison, with a strong, detachment of ar t; 4,ery• _ ......_.. . Q, Charles .the Fourth (late King:. of Spain) ; his rtii.' te l.and 6odoy (the Prii , ceot Peace), have been .• _ , - . . . . 1 -.4ed to the Palace of Chainherd,' ilear ; Blois, till t xt , !-•,,, t 'i‘ of Navarre, near Evienx, in N. , riiai,cly, b. l ' c '' ti• the late Luc De .Bouillon ; eau lire "tinged -to , . to. t l)iited for their reception. The Queen of th - l a. and her young 'son, are plactd at a house. in ca e , vil "..'g tt of St. Arlendei, near Paris, under proper eira-h 'erditiatal, add his two brothers, the Infant th ' ' ' - r -e ` l 'idore,. who is near 21 - years of age, and c 'maw VranCis - ,. who is about 14, continue closely p u ,; r l ,. 6 "e in the Castle of Valency. It was Blionil - int; ration, some weeks ago, -to have. removed f e i . 41 , 1 ,9"nd to Park, and he was takeirout of .his prison l :,,-af'purpose'' but on the road to the capita t°oi.ilter-orders arrived,' and he was rernandedinto b e i ti'e'l.le.iit.—Napoleon, doubtless, reserves fiiin to ela ted or hot qccordiug to circumstances and ev ett . 4 J... Al` li ar • . -k r i - , been already stated, that the rupture of the fer-Istice in Inland was agreed . upon in the con i,Jl,,le.,s at Erforth. It is also rurnoured that Gus- , puiv,7s'.;SejectiOn frem SWeden;and his complete ex- LF r , 6 " l trom hi: doininions, by the joint arms of . -4`ce, Itussia, and Deninark, formed another so- lit i a l . The partition of the Ottoman` territories_ 1, 1 : its' side the Bosphorus, the the- maritime. It u chvi. 4ets' to FianCe, and the northern provinces . to ali - , s t s t L i a, was also settled. No , part of the spoil was re sai d to Austria. Tile two Oontra6ting Parties be pp likewise to,haVe agreed,rthat Jiasiatt should -.A L L .-(1' on the 'throne, of, Spain ; as the seal of: wbcithea's aCquiescence in, and approbation of Li s -AL) tneasure, he consented immediately tore-call .h_ 414-nbassador, Count STROGONOW, from Madrid. .hut as the emqo‘,--:.t and. subjugatiOn . 0f- Spain, by co ots, it was admitted, rnic,fit _ as setotoe nation to be . impoksible to ac- Illti P t o l' i l.l 'i - " a deco d, of - the resistance _and attach i.tri...t._ ed, that in 11 h should be e s v eni su ch ancient Sovereigns, it llowever., to the , case, .FE a D.1 1 1 , 1A, N1 ... D . the s back to his people. .previou 2 to' espous e Ni le --4cution of . such-a - measbre, he was th e T .1 adernOiSClle LA .PAGERIEj leafy. to renew concluded in 1767, by the late King .Rithx..es the IVth:, with the French ConVention ; tr ad e !‘..lude the English from any comintilikation, ‘li,l_e., or intercourse with Spain, or her Colopies, ~,,.,,Zt cr. indireel :: and lastly, to leave the three • pro- . li . i th e ' of i11,c4, Navarre, -and• Catalonia, together Ru.l4 their-fortresses.,-in-Nwr ctroN'S - possaessiciri, as a , g,-antee for .F-ElinttiAND'S fiddlty: 6 0 i, • . CL A ''' `:'da.)" last y ' at the Brewery of Messrs. BA2 , i- , 11,.1., PLI.:IiINS, and Co. in Park -street, Southwark, I,eweeleittony (liscUliar to that house) of °peling . a wt,ipie('Pik7 tdok place ; in the inside cavity Of the a selea Party ot . twenty - persons dined, wiih tl) 1- 6 . lttil( "t' dc„'ore e of room and accommqation, off Aft,',.`,. )° , a °ld 'English fare .ot Beefsteaks and Pi.rter. elior they had retired to an elegant desert and the Pri. 'eBl wiIWS, in an apartment contiguons, the cop- Nse`Acias a:4,:iiii eccupied by a fresh coinpany, cone:' wh t . l .,- (. 1 . ill serVonts employed on the premises, is ht. re t oe . ) , kept it tip till a lase boor. This coppt-r tlzti'ePabie °I boiling 12,006 gallons of liquor at one, lleatea.hts'a pan over it in which- as much more is - itiche' titiring thefirSt process, und is 48 feet LIN° ' 8 111 t:irCtlilliVrtaiVet,' di ill ERI.CA . SOUTH CAROLINA. . Letter from the. Hon. 'omit ALs roN, Speaker.of • House of Representatives of this State, to tiie.Presidept the Unitecl States, covering the Restitutions of the Lest ., stature of the iyth (t i.oie last, approbatory of the con ; duct or the Administration. Oaks, near Georgetown, (S. C.) July 6, iBoB. Stu—The Legislature of S , h Carolina ckeplv impressed with the situation , in- ~ 'which the. U n i te d States hate-keen .pl ace d- , b y the unfounded' and - ar rogant pretensions. of the belligerent Powers of En rope—and aware of the - force derived, in a Givern.;. ment like ours,• from_public opinion, have thought it right, at such a crisis, to make known to the worhi their unalterable determination to support the tig!,ts and honour of our counirv, and to declare. .their entire approbation of the prudent and dignified course pursued by its Administration. To this ina-: nifestatiOu of their own feelings, they have 'been yet further inducedoy the expression, io other parts of.the Union, of contrary sentiments, at a moment when, it is conceived, .that a sacrifice of the con flid.tng opinions of individuals, - and the- animos ties of pariy, was demanded alike by sound policy and by ptriutisin. itesolutiois r Jove now the honour to transmit you, Otifaiiied, ypu wiil.perceive,.the una iiinious 'concurrence 01 13091. bt . auclies of" Legisla hire.; a ;Conclusion - from .hence, however, either that there - L,:iisted among- us a perfea unanimity at Political,sen. anent, or that the .present restrictions upon our COLU ' ulelCe were. but little felt by us, ivould he 'equally erroneous. South. Carolina, like her Sister Si:ate,,, is, to a certain extnt.,',cltracteriscd by parties. The Lyislature, which adopted these ite.-- sblutions,'Consisted, use.the distinguishing appel 7 latior - A,9f 'the day, of l' , -deralists and K&publicans. But, Sir, tio,',.ever we may ditlet as to questions of or dinary ptiticy; 'we'should deprecate as disgraceful to us theritiV4 6i division where the' national honour or . Interts'44re."concerned. the Off os attendant; in.all countries, upon - -a sudden susptilsion ut trade,' many circumstances combined to render this State tar from .insensible but, if the. ,colisetiiezicesT or privations resulting:to our' citizens trotn- the em-'. batgo be great,f.their patriotism and public spirit are still . greater; and persuaded, that those who compose our. Legisla Lure nave been • the...fait h tut or= ganS of their constituents, when -they declare their determination, .at. every hazard, < to support the general Government all measures calculated to maintain the 1•4;las and support the independence of the United States.' " 1 1 - 14i'e the honour to be ) . Sir, " Very respecliiilly, -your's; &c. JosEPH.ALsToN, '4 , Speaker of the HOuse of Representatives, S.. Caiolina.!! ' THE PRESIDENT's REPLY. To the Hon. I o:si,r to . tne House of Re.: pre4entatives of Soiltli Carolina. " Monticello, August. 4, 1308. " SIR --I have- duly reeeiVe4 'your letter of July covering - the Resolutions of the' Legislature. of South Carolina of - June 29;' and I see in those Resolutions a new manifestation of the naiional spi, it of , Which South Carolina hils.given so many . proofs. It is the More exemplary, as it, is cer.ani *that no State sacrifices more by the operation of a measure which, whether. to avoid War or to pre pare for it, - has been deemed equally necessary. The unanimity of these Resoluti4Ais does peculiar honour to - those individual, wiio, dilrering from the mass of their fellow-L nizens in their opiniOns of ernment, yet forget all differenc es NA hen the rights Of their 'country are in question ; who, W - hen it is assailed' by foreign wrong. and' menaced with the evils of war, instead of encouraging enemies by foreboding~ of weakness and .division, present to them olio common and midi% icio() front. Persuaded that . the seiitiihents expressed in these.resolulions are a true specimen of those entertained by the great mass of ourfeflow-citizens, we may regret the evils which a contr:lry, opinion in others may produce, but we cannot fear the result of any trial they may put us to. " I receive with particular gratirication assur ances of approbation iron] the Legislature of South Carolina, and will not cease in my endeavdurs to merit a continuanc e of it. IL pray you to accept my salutations and assurances of great respect and con ,sideration. " -TH. JEFFERSON." • PHILADELPHIA, OCT. ii.--Reparation for the attack of the Ch esapeake.—Thp . facts• 'stated in the folloWing Letter may be relied upon, and we may venture to say will not becontradiciteci by our Admi . - nistration " London, Aug. DEAR Su—Finding that the negociation be iween Mr. ROSE and your Government has led to various misrepresentations, and that the American peOple are yet,,whody uninformed of the terms of reparation, which Great. Britain was prepared to offer k' the attack on the ckevepeake, I think it proper tO communicate to you. the . following sketch of thoie terms, that_your countrymen may be enabled to judge of the disposition . of his Britannic Majes ty's Go'vernment to make honourable amends for the unwarranted outrage . committed by Admiral BRigLEY. ' .. • ' Atter expressing his Majesty's deep regret for the tratisaEllon, and fits unqualified ackno.wledgment of the printiiple that Ships of War of Neutrals are to be free from search, Mr. ROSE was empowered on the part Of:Great Britain 7— " To reinitiurse all the expences. of repairing the Frigate. "- To restore the then' taken from— " .To grant petisions to the, wounJed, acid to the wives and families of the kille.l." . . The confidential Clerk of an eminent Clothing house in the Strand, baving• decaMped with coast derable sums of money, an inform a tion was given, -and. he was traced by two of, the Union, Hall Offi cers, Got:Vaud Lockie, that he had embarked in a vessel bolind to . America, detained.in th e 1.); )wils for a wind. They went of express to Deal on Salm day, and arrived there at an earn' hour on Sunda) warning; utitbrtunately, the wind had shined earl : , the ineceding day, and the vessel Made her %V ;,r from Dungeness, with a fair aired down. Channel of coutse the officers theii objed.' THE INTERVIEW', Tilt; modke,,, and the Bear, Are met at Eifurth fair; Bur, rilark me, n9i to dance. Rug mounts on Ilruic's back, Proud of his precivus Pack,' Not hazel shut; to crack, But crown;;, per Chance. Let Bruin and friend Pug - Greet with fraternal hug, Through hollovVlieart, apd cold ; Put should those friends so dear pare play their gambols here, Let them our British Bull Dogs feai', •. And- Ma,stiffs bold. DUBLIN, Nov. ;4. • Thursday night, and the morning of Friday,., Was a most tremendous sto rm f rom the N.W. ac companied with Snow 'and torrents of rain .welear by the accounts which have already reached OS, that it was general from the moutls of the Shannon,' and probably from the western' coasts of Ireland. His Majesty's Tender, True Blue, lying at anchor' at the Poole, was driven from her .mooring and - ,drifted a considerable distance on the field beyobtl. Iciggell's Barrack. A. large Sail-boat; belonging to - Col. WestrOpp, loaded -with corn• - _at his quay, at .Bahysteen, four-.dered cam. her passage •to Limerick, near Ringmoy lan, and • the Master, , Driscoil, with tw o hands, ,were drowned,. and the cargo losr. l Another boat, loaded -with caskw of butter to• alargeatdount, wLis driven near ,some rocks, by which . slie Was acid the-cargo, it_i - s , teared, much datna ed. Sevc ral lighters and 'small craft on ,the river, were (.)e. stroyed, or 'cast adrift, and the 'tide being at S . pring, caused many of the low - gtounds tti•be inunitri t ed': lthe view of the.distant mountains presetited-at"-d.qi= ight ati appearance of the in icicle of wriiirer; Iron the quantities of snow which telt - during the night. :.•Driscoll,.Vaughan,•and- Nash , were tile thri:e sons lost in' the- aboye boatiAlehieh WAS Wrecked; their bodies were washed on Shoile,' at iiingiiTrin quay, and on Friday conveyed on a car throngh Pal lace to their houses.--;-The jormer . has lett a - wi , low and seven •children) the latter a widow 'and ei. ht . There were three othertioms - there in great - ilistr i ! , ss; one of them with a loading of hides tidal Lunetick to Ennis During- the. violent -storm which raged at ClOn 7 mel and its neighbourhood Ott the night of 'Tues day se'nnitlit a bOat „laden with -butter, the property ot'Messrs.,Cantweb's, of that town, was'bilged -- and \vein' down at the quay, there, by wind' the argo was for the most part set atioat 4 —severalot the casks (above 170 itr all) flame been • re covere d 4-I wei) Cion rneJ and Carrick, but •we• understand 3"are - yet not be4ro of: ENNIS, Nov.'l 8. • • 'We had occasion to state, in a former, publication, that some nightly ineetingsnt misguded pe rsons h a d disgraced a - liars of this county, (Clare) ; • and that Rome fpjury ha beim su,r-uned -.by - individuals. con-' ne6ted will) the collection and valuation of tythes,:- , . We are now happy to say, that five fellows were L'otiglit in here on Sunday morning List, and lodged'- in our gaol, against two of ' %%horn positive informa tioa has . b ee n sw o rn, f or having been of a party sided White Bob's, who beat and ill-treated on.e' .Spaight, tythe-proaor to - the Rev. Kenne dy. Thisinan they took from' hi s bed and cruelly 111-used, compelling him to• swear that he never .would' be concePned in the collection of- tvthes, and forcing him to give up his book of. valuation; &c. &c. To the spirited' and prompt exertions of Thothas Crowe, Jonas Studdart, and Robert Keau, ..E6qrs. the public are indebted - for the apprehending of those otFenders, whose punishnient Will, we, have no .doubt, prove the best means of saving.from destruc tion a number of other unthinking persons, who might be SeduCed to"engage in similar ails. Nov. 19.--The disposition which manifested ita• self in some of . 1 he parishes in the West of this cowl- ty, to disturb the peace,. has reached the ear of Go vernment, and• a subaltern, a serjeant, and ten pri vates of the Kilrush cavalry, a 'similar number of the Kilmore cavalry, and a subaltern, a serjeant,. and 20 pri v at es o f the Kilrush infantry, ha ve b een placed on permanent duty. To this force is to be added a company of the North Cork Militia, an order having been received tor that purpose. ORIGINAL ANECDOTE.--Two 'Englishmen and an Irishm an h av i ng b een impressed in London, *from whence they were taken to, a general rendez-vous at Cork, to be examined concerning their places of abode, profession, &c. —" Well," said the Admi ral, to one of these originals, " what trade are you?' —" An Upright, please your Worship. "An Up right," replied the Naval Pillar," What the devil is that ?" "A Chimney Sweep," said John Bull. The other Englishman, when interrogated, replied, " I am a Downright, at your" Service,. Sir," i. e. a Shoe " Well Teakne;w4ere were you born ?" "In the kingdom Dublin, your "What is jour profession ?"--f 'A T4odenJeweller," answered l'at, shrugging his shoulders and scratch ing his head. " I never heard of a Wooden Jewel ler," said the Admiral to his elerk .. --" look the re gistry.of name - s and trades." This book Was exa-,. mined for two hours, and no such protessionl.ippear= ed—thz patience sat the officers - being .exhausted, they insisted the native of Sharizrockshire should plain." Oct), dear Gvntremen," 'nude Paddy,!" peg s f o r a s l ater I " rr . . Letters f rom t h e Guth regiment, Which was at Corunna when the lass Packet sailed, have been re c: ivied, but they are dated, on, the preceding day, and the efeire throw no, light oa the precise circumstance Winch occasioned the recal .0f the ttan ports on the . 19i h. Tliey'!iieniihp, however, one tad which, of itself, might induce precaution on the part of our Commanders. One of the lette's says :—" Ti,e, •ipanidt Cen e ial C UESTA has , been deteCted M. a ",raitorous correliOndencewrilt the , enemy, and is in 'ignotninions confinement." , r fheSe letters it , v mention, that they had hard of a . severe aCtion near Bilnua, but had nut Elm.partittaks. The LORD AfilYoll:i 1,1172Rir L 0417.1: ON. • , . . . . • _ .: On a thinsd:iy last, , tintneralis. INl'..e-cirig rf th 6 . Livery was hold a. the' NeW London Tat ern, Cheap - side ; Mr: Deity GOODBELIEkI , :, in the Clair; when_ the following Protest ..and R equ i s i' ki n , wer 4 unanimous?y:agreed to a and &plat:loon appointed, with the 'Ohairinati, to present it to the Lomi MAyon-:--- , TO THE RIGHT HQNOURArLE THE LORD MAYOR ; • • "' MY LORD, NOV. 24, 1808. " Having received . your Lordship's answer to a - requisition dated tiro .2d Of 'Noveniber,lBo, and signed by a number of Li, requesting your Lordship " to convene a Common Hall, on an . early day,- in order to take into consideration the laie Con vention in Portugal, by which the .eliara6tcr; honour, _amtinterests•of the Country have been so .deeply affe4ed, and ' , to , adopt such irieasures as it ' fie -deemed advisable:" in which answer you f‘ cJecline to - convene a Common Hid]; as requested," and assign as a reaibii, that "' s in c e the ,date of- the re 4 quisition,. a . Court of Inquiry. has been iniiitnteci by his - Majesty's- command, for, iitv - et!,i,;:itiirg the causes:Whiith led to the Con veni ion alliid&d .to; that .the-Court is now prosecuting - such Innu.ry," and that you -are "of opinion, th'm a- rneetinA . , of the Livery of London in - CcinThidn-1-1,111 - , on the subject proposed by the requisition, pending such' pu'ilic in quiry, will be highly iinnecessary, unseaSoiloble, and improper ;" We, the underi;igited L,ivetymen, beg leave to observe; . " Tnitt the rig=ht of the Livery of..LOndon to meet in Common-Hall, to deliberate oil Matters of publiF Ims been ever exercised,- with very few exceptions, !Lit such exceptions have been 'tint formly sti Imatized with the reprobation -of, the ; • if a Chief 'Magistrate' is' to grant such Meettnp, .whet) they coincide with his ,views of the pl,,,Het.; and utility of the lii a - sures to be proposed, his e ,, tldt. must amount to a violation of the most sacrt.d rights,of the tll'ile6l - ; inasmuch as it necesBArtly deprives the people of the legal means. of expressing their sentiments on all great . questions atlect ug the coninion well,. and renders null thi libel ties so repeatedly asset led by their an#esturs, and su cleat ly •und emphatically declared ty -the- Bill of itisitts !'fiat WithreSpea to the date Of the requiiition; we be to state, that it is snbstquent ti) the appoint.; \ Medi of the E.:min of Inquiry, andthat.oilier-i\leet-, ipgs, have been held under similar circtim'stances, td which no such objection has'been.made ; " That since the -Sheriffs Of Counties, o.f:ricers appointed by the4/..'roWn; haie`iiut 'withheld troin the people the exercise of .theright in question under sch- s pretence;" ,we cannot fornear" erp , ressing .• astoniillinent and -displeasurei that the Chief Ma, gist; ate of the City of London should, by . aliiinst ilia first aCI, deny it to those to Who good °pi.; pion,,, confidence, and sutftageS Ire' has been deb'ed for his high Situation; " That without adopting your Lordsh:p's r+ tion respeding what•you term* Comrtof wi trust, we may' be allowed tb exercise our. o-tn j meat as to the instittitiOn a a tribunal 'unknown to . the laws of this Coi i mtry, appointed , by - thek.7.row udsworni posseBsing -no authoritytto Cotbpcl 'the • tend:ince of Witnesses, to administer. oaths, or to acquit or condemn ‘the'varties , whole conduct,they are investigating 3 .. • , That we cannot _observe, - without:real concern,.. • the , suspicion - which' . your 'Lordship's an swer ev de.ntly implies, that the great body of the Livery of London, to whom is'entrusted the-choice of a Chief Magistrate,. 'of Sheriffs, Members- of. Parliament, and.'of..other important Offiders,4ould so tar forger themselves as. to .countenance' or adopt any, .p:o -ce•edings incompatible with the charaeter they Lave 'ever maintained . , or:repugnant to the pure principles of public justice; • "'That we , presume your Lordship may safely ,confide these.juatters untie Livery themselves, who • 'do not solicit your advice, but merely claim their undoubted right, and l eave them to be the gu ar di ans l a their own charader and honour; • " That as the only ground of 'objection (to- put ;the most favourable• construdion .upcn your Lor d'ship's ans wer ) . appears to, be. a supposition, .that 'since the date of the requisition circumstances have, arisen to precl u d e -the -necessity of such a meeting; we :beg to state to your Lordship, .that seVeral of the names have been signed subsequent to its date; that the Liverymen who signed it were generally aware that it could not be delivered until a late day, and that nrii material circumstance. had occurred to cause a change, in their opinion as to the propriety or ne cessity _tliereof. For the . purpoSel .hol,v ever, of ob.; viating every difficulty in. that resped, We, 'the undersignd Liverymen :of the City_ of London, do hereby again -requestyour Lordshio to convene a Common Hall,: on an early day, in , order. to consider the late Convention in Portugal,. by which the charaCier, honour; and , interests of the country have been-so deeply atfecied, and to adolit such measures as May be deen:ed advisable." - - The above Protest and. Requisition were signed 1' nearly one huri'dred Liverymen, -and preseno-A last Saturday, by the Deputation;, io the LORD MAYOR. The tollo‘ting at - Awer'waS,re(arned th e same d ay b y • . , his Lordship - • 4 . Mansion I:lOuse,. Saturday, Nov.. 26, 1808. fi The. Loin MAYOR presents 11is compliments tc Mr. liepufy GOOD..‘EHERE. The • considerations which induced the Lou). MAYOR to decline 'COLIN' en ftig the Livery. Of London; itneonnuori HA, on , tine :requisition before presented;todn,n, tor the' ptirpo::e 'at considering,.at this. time, the , late:Corwention in Porttigal, remain itt full force, and .induce his Lord ship .again to decline convening tire .meeting re quested by the renewed application in- tlie same ' terms, for tlte,Sanie purpose which send by Mr. be r m,' E oticmcrigir s iiii4 morality. .‘ The. LORD . .‘ , VA YOR greatly regrets to find him, ; self obliged,' in the official exercise of iris discretion, 1 to (filler from any part o f ,the respe.ilt:ibic Livery of Landon, in their vieiv bt thissubjee.t." " Samuel Goodte l / 4 ' re, EsS".bep"u y, &c.." In- the turnip field of Mr.Tiromas Bell, farn - 4n in - Whilhalb parish of Coyiagtoo, North Britoil, a iur -. nip was. puited which weighed a stone and a hair .E..glislrweight, including th e slaw, hich was very . proportionoble. It is believed' the largest'vyt pfuducod in that part a the wuntry. IPIM' 14' 0